Baby sleep basics: Birth to 3 months

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my son is 3wks old and seems to be awake from 1130pm to about 4am crying but sleeps more during the day about 4hour naps .l am so exhausted l wake up 1pm everyday and start having my meals then .how can l change his routine?He also wants to feed more at night every hour or two to settle.
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My son is two months he is 14lbs 6oz and to be honest I'm so tired I dont know how long he sleeps at night. However it seems that once my fiance and I get him sleep an put him down in his bassinet or crib he wakes instantly. If we lay him on our bed when hes sleep, he'll stay sleep for a good while at times. I am beside myself and not sure if I should just let him fuss when we put him down? Its all very frustrating.

I have a 10 week old baby boy and he is already 17 lbs, exclusively breastfed. He is sleeping all the time it seems, is there something wrong? Is he just growing constantly? He eats every three hours and he is obviously getting plenty of food. He sleeps five to six hour periods at night as well. And during the day he is probably awake a total of 2-4 hours. Is this normal???

My daughter is 12 weeks old and she is a big girl 13lbs she didnt seem to get enough to eat but is already eating 4oz so we feed her 4oz every two to four hours durring the day but at ten or eleven depending on her we feed her a bottle and then a little baby cereal and she goes to bed and doesnt wake up until anywhere between 7am-10am

My son is 3 months old, during the day he drinks a 4oz bottle, but at night i give him a 5 1/2oz bottle around 9PM because i want him to feel full. I change is diaper and wipe his face down with a warm cloth. I lay him down and let him fall asleep by himself with his pacifier. He usually wakes up again for another 5 1/2 oz bottle around 5am, then after 5 am he is back to drinking every 3 hours 4 oz. (I perfer his bottle's at room temp) this is just a suggestion to have your baby sleep a little longer at night.

My first daughter who is now 2yrs old was always rocked to sleep by me and her grandma from when she was born to now. It's very hard to rock a 30lb 2yr old and it's frustrating becuase she would always sleep with us. She got use to it and now she refuses to sleep in her bed w/out us rocking her!! I highly recommend that moms who do not want this to be a problem later on down the road that you try and let baby fall asleep on his/her own. My 2nd is 1 week old and I try to not to rock him so much i just hold him when he needs to be fed and to comfort him when he's frustrated. It's hard but I dont want 2 kids sleeping in our bed till they're older!

Our daughter does that too and for the first 4 to 5 weeks of her life we slept with her laying on top of us. I would prop myself in the recliner and cover the 2 of us up in a blanket and sleep. She seemed to grow out of it after that. Now we just feed her and hold her and she falls right to sleep usually while burping. We lay her in her bed and she sleeps almost all night now.

Hi, the article was helpful and I want to say that we have a night owler too. I wasn't suprised because during pregnancy she was busy playing around that time as well :.)Last night, i got her ready for bed before 9 and she had trouble sleeping; it was as if she was takeing rem naps. She was bathed, fed, and dry. We kissed her goodnight so many times. I got a little worried and wondered why our baby could sleep. She didn't want to sleep in her bassinet; she wanted to sleep in my arms as if she was saying, "My mommy's and daddy's heartbeat is the only thing that would put me to sleep."Guess what? When we would try to gently put her in her bed, she would scream~and cried until we placed her back in our loving arms. You can imagine that we had a long night. I remember this morning getting up for work before six and she was ready for feeding and diaper chaning. Question: How can one try to let their baby go to sleep on its own when the baby spits out pacfier and cries for you or daddy?

my 7 weeks baby did not sleep for straight eight hours last night, the first time actually and i am alarmed though she did not cry. she seemed to have difficulty to sleep. anyone here who share the same experience with me? please advise

I nurse my 5 1/2 mo old to sleep every night. Everything I read says one way to get more sleep is to have your partner put the baby to bed. Obviously he can't nurse her to sleep. Does anyone else do what I do? I've tried to put her in the crib awake and she flips out. I will not make her cry it out. Is it bad for me to do this every night?

i'd let him sleep. your breasts will produce correct amount of milk. otherwise you may end up with engorged breasts which is painful and can lead to others problems. let a baby learn good sleeping habits and if you hv wet and dirty nappies throughout day thats a good indication he's feeding well . i'd say only if the baby hasnt had enough during the day then wake him up.

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